Phenotype and/or genotype misclassification can: significantly increase type II error probabilities for genetic case/control association, causing decrease in statistical power; and produce inaccurate estimates of population frequency parameters. We present a method, the likelihood ratio test...

This paper investigates the attitudes of a sample of engineers, medical technologists and primary school teachers regarding the perceived effects that job sharing may have upon: (a) the working conditions of these professionals; (b) the supply and demand of labour to these professions; (c) the...

In this article, we try to analyze the performance of the investment in education through lighting the theory of human capital. The current debate on the measures and values education is a major challenge for economic analysis. This analysis is part of a framework where education is playing an...

The analysis of household resilience to food insecurity has become a key technical and evidence-based policy instrument for better tailoring development and humanitarian intervention designs. International development agencies must strengthen the capacity of vulnerable households to anticipate,...